The New York Yankees (43-35) and Oakland Athletics (20-60) open a 3-game series Tuesday. First pitch at Oakland Coliseum is slated for 9:40 p.m. ET (MLB Network). Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s lines around the Yankees vs. Athletics odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Yankees lead 3-0
New York outscored the A’s 28-10 in taking 3 straight at Yankee Stadium May 8-10. The Yanks are 8-2 across their last 10 games against Oakland with 5 of those wins coming by 3 runs or more.
The Athletics are just 1-10 over their last 11 games. Oakland is 20 games under-.500 (9-29) at home and ranks 30th in MLB in both runs scored and allowed (3.50 per game scored, 6.30 per game allowed).
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Yankees at Athletics projected starters
RHP Jhony Brito vs. RHP Paul Blackburn
Brito (4-3, 4.89 ERA) makes his 11th start and 12th appearance. He has a 1.37 WHIP, 3.7 BB/9 and 6.5 K/9 through 46 IP.
- Called up from Triple-A and went 5 2/3 scoreless innings against the Seattle Mariners Wednesday
- Has been solid against lefty bats which he figures to see in numbers against the struggling Athletics. Oakland owns a league-worst .642 OPS and 28th-ranked .127 ISO against right-handed pitching
Blackburn (0-0, 4.21 ERA) is lined up for his 6th start. He owns a 1.48 WHIP, 2.5 BB/9 and 10.5 K/9 through 25 2/3 IP.
- Struggled mightily at home last season (8.31 ERA, 1.62 WHIP in 39 IP); has logged just 9 2/3 home frames in 2023
- Has done well to limit hard contact but has been hurt by a .382 batting average on balls in play
- Current Yankees own a small-sample aggregate 1.203 OPS against him
Yankees at Athletics odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 2:05 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Yankees -136 (bet $136 to win $100) | Athletics +116 (bet $100 to win $116)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Yankees -1.5 (+118) | Athletics +1.5 (-142)
- Over/Under (O/U): 8 (O: -105 | U: -115)
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Yankees at Athletics picks and predictions
Prediction
Athletics 5, Yankees 4
Moneyline
The Yankees are 5-13 in the last 18 series meetings in Oakland.
Blackburn has been hurt by the high BABIP and is a rally candidate in the ERA department. He figures to give the home side an advantage of length in this series opener. Figure the New York relief corps as being overrated, and quite a bit of value in this play comes from that overripe Yankee bullpen that has a high left-on-base rate and a .268 BABIP.
TAKE OAKLAND (+116) for a half-measure — at most — to try and make bank on the worst club in the game.
Run line/Against the spread
Oakland does play in a lot of 1-run games. AVOID trying to get the Athletics free and clear here.
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Over/Under
Mixed signals here, favoring both pitching staffs overall and pegging the A’s for more run production. Mix in an outward breeze in the forecast, and STEER CLEAR.
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